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Default semi-ish-bricked??

every time I try to install an app it pulls up the apk handler asking me how I want to install it...no problem right? Well, now it's repetitively opening it probably 300x/minutes and closing it...won't allow me to select to install it at all...

This wouldn't be that big of a problem except that I have Thumb Keyboard installed and I can't type until I reinstall thumb keyboard b/c of the rebooting/power glitch of thumb keyboard not sticking.

I can't hit the home button because when I try to it asks which home to default to (I JUST installed ADWEx launcher and then my tablet auto-rebooted on its own after I tried to change the wallpaper)...It gets stuck in the same loop cycle that the installation process gets stuck in...except this time it's with the default home launcher.

Any ideas?
 
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Try the failed boot restore. Interrupt the boot, ten times, and it will do a complete system restore.

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Any other options outside of this?

I was able to send zeam launcher via downloading from market.android.com

That enabled me to get to the AppMenu where I could change my keyboard to the stock keyboard...

I now have a keyboard back up and working.

What I don't have? I cannot install any apps or set a default home. Do you think this has something to do with the Nook Home replacement app that I had downloaded?

Update:

I guess to add a description...

So I can't open any menus that don't already have default applications...when I try to, they keep popping up over and over and over again.

I can never select anything when the popups are going on. I can double-tap nook home and it takes me back to the stock home. I installed

Nook Color Apps Manager via market.android.com (it has push install so I didn't have to worry about choosing a package installer)
I uninstalled ADW Ex, the Nook Home Launcher Replacement for rebinding the Nook key, Go Launcher Ex, and Zeam.

Next Update:

After uninstalling Dolphin and Firefox nightlies, it took me back to default Browser. I was then able to reboot the NT. My problem of not being able to select on a screen that didn't have a default app already disappeared.

However, after redownloading the HomeCatcher.apk, I was unable to rebind the double tap to my launcher of choice.

A reboot and a fresh download of HomeCatcher.apk has it working again.

Everything is pretty much back up and running at this point.

Final Update
Everything is back up and working. I hope this thread is helpful to someone at some point if they struggle with this same problem.
 
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I'm posting updates as I go in case anyone encounters this same problem...maybe what I am doing will help you fix the issue without having to do an entire factory reset:S
 
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